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Improper Input Validation in Apache Solr

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 10, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.solr:solr-parent (Maven)

Affected versions

< 8.6.0

Patched versions

8.6.0

Description

Reported in SOLR-14515 (private) and fixed in SOLR-14561 (public), released in Solr version 8.6.0. The Replication handler (https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_6/index-replication.html#http-api-commands-for-the-replicationhandler) allows commands backup, restore and deleteBackup. Each of these take a location parameter, which was not validated, i.e you could read/write to any location the solr user can access.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 17, 2020
Reviewed Apr 14, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 10, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(85th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-13941

GHSA ID

GHSA-2467-h365-j7hm

Source code

No known source code
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